Table 5.

Relationships between colony amounts of Candida species, age, and number of remaining teeth in carriers wearing dentures

	C. albicans (n=93)			Non-albicans (n=59)
	Log CFU	Number of remaining teeth	Age	Log CFU	Number of remaining teeth	Age
Log CFU		–0.40 (<0.01)	–0.18 (0.09)		–0.38 (<0.01)	0.10 (0.45)
Number of remaining teeth	–0.40 (<0.01)		–0.34 (<0.01)	–0.38 (<0.01)		–0.40 (<0.01)
Age	–0.18 (0.09)	–0.34 (<0.01)		0.10 (0.45)	–0.40 (<0.01)

Value shows Spearman’s correlation coefficient (p-value)